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14 I have seen everything that is done under the sun, and behold, all is (A)vanity and a striving after wind.[a]

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  1. Ecclesiastes 1:14 Or a feeding on wind; compare Hosea 12:1 (so throughout Ecclesiastes)

(A)Man is like a breath;
    his days are like (B)a passing (C)shadow.

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16 I (A)loathe my life; I would not live for ever.
    (B)Leave me alone, for my days are (C)a breath.

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Behold, you have made my days a few handbreadths,
    and (A)my lifetime is as nothing before you.
Surely (B)all mankind stands as a mere breath! Selah

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